Basil Hameed

Basil bin Abdul Hameed (born 15 April 1992) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. In December 2019, he was named in the One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series. He made his ODI debut against the United States on 8 December 2019.

Basil Hameed
Personal information
Full name
Basil bin Abdul Hameed
Born (1992-04-15) 15 April 1992
Panniyankara, Kerala, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBowler
International information
National side
  • United Arab Emirates (2019-present)
ODI debut (cap 80)8 December 2019 v United States
Last ODI19 June 2023 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 50)17 August 2023 v New Zealand
Last T20I3 November 2023 v Nepal
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LA T20
Matches 31 27 25 24
Runs scored 667 288 528 285
Batting average 24.70 15.00 25.14 15.00
100s/50s 0/3 0/0 0/3 0/0
Top score 63* 42 63* 42
Balls bowled 943 191 802 191
Wickets 51 15 30 15
Bowling average 16.73 14.06 16.73 14.06
5 wickets in innings 1 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/17 3/20 5/17 3/20
Catches/stumpings 13/– 12/– 11/– 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 June 2023

In February 2020, Basil was included in the UAE's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2020 ACC Western Region T20 qualifier tournament. He made his T20I debut against Iran on 23 February 2020. In December 2020, he was one of ten cricketers awarded a year-long part-time contract by the Emirates Cricket Board.

In February 2022, in the second match against Oman, Basil took his first five-wicket haul in ODI cricket.

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